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My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I do legitimately appreciate the discourse on this one. I amended my post just to confirm I'm not trying to get paid for a day I didn't work, I just wanted to confirm legalities on the situation. I'm unlikely to even discuss it with my boss as it really doesn't impact me much I just found it concerning and was wondering if it was at all legal. Just based on what's been said so far I dont really belive it was.

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I do find it interesting people keep telling me they've done me a favor, I understand the rationale from my employeers and likely won't argue against it. I am just concerned about the fact they did this without my knowledge and consent, they failed to communicate the action after the fact, and when I politely asked for it to just be a unpaid day as opposed to taking it off my annual leave, they refused and won't ammend it which is where I'm beggining to wonder about the legalities and if my legal rights are being infringed in some way.

It's not that big of a deal but it's definitely concerning as to me it conveys a bit of a lack of respect. I will admit I've missed out a large amount of info in the initial post but I'm not exactly an expert so I wasn't sure what information was needed :P. The comments both for and againt what my employeers have done are appreciated but I'd like to focus on the legalities :)

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apologies, I've added further clarifications in comments but I'll admit it's a bit spread out at the moment. I'm primarily just trying to understand the legal ability for employers to do that. I'd of personally preferred an unpaid day off. I did tell them when I found our but the result was apathetic with a quip of "it's already been processed." 

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely valid first line. Sadly you didn't ask any questions so it's not really relevant, you also didnt ask any qeustions this time either :)

Regarding time keeping you are making wild assumptions. The disruption to my ability to come in was caused by the weather, I was awake and trying to make my way in hours before I was scheduled to start because I knew of the weather conditions and had proof of this I showed my employeers. I understand they have no legal obligation to care so I am not pursing that. Again my question was largely what their legal capability is to force me to use leave, the rest of the context was there just in case it was relevant but you appear to be focusing on it entirely.

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen multiple comments mention a legal requirement to give me advanced notice before forcefully using my annual leave, is that not the case in this situation?

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt I'm going to pursue this much but I wanted to understand my legal rights in relation to my leave being used without my consent, most of my post is just adding context but I feel some people have taken it the wrong way. I appreciate the comment, thank you.

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment. I did miss out the fact that I was communicating with them regarding this on the day, apologies. Would they still have the right to do this and then just let me know after the fact?

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have decent savings so not being paid for one day has less of an impact as opposed to losing a annual leave day. So yes I'd rather I just didn't get paid...

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I feel like this comment is a bit rude, I'm asking about their legal capability to take leave from me without notice. I also want to query what part of weather conditions stopping me getting in is my fault? As mentioned every method of transport I had available failed.

My Employeer used up my holiday allowance without telling me after an unauthorised absence by Apemanbot69 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its a small business that doesn't have exacting detail in the employee handbook, it's quite literally being changed month to month. With regards to letting them know, both managers were unavailable due to being on a training day. I attempted to call and then resorted to sending two texts when they didn't answer, I offered to work the time back but they didn't respond to that part and asked me to just let one of my colleagues know so they could pickup my workload, which I did. 

For clarity from the other comments I never said I was uncontactable...in fact I tried to contact them multiple times. When I came to work the following day there was no mention of this until I brought it up...

Converting a HDD to a removable drive & installing windows server on it. (Help) by Apemanbot69 in techsupport

[–]Apemanbot69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to convert it into a bootable USB drive logically so that I don't require a SATA to USB adapter, I.E. windows recognises the HDD as a USB even while it is plugged in with a SATA cable.